Experts at CU to mull next 50 years of local open space

Experts at CU to mull next 50 years of local open space

April 21, 2016

麻豆影院鈥檚 public open-space system was launched 50 years ago, and an event at CU-麻豆影院 will bring together experts who will discuss the lay of the land in the next half-century.

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MFA grad Vanessa Villarreal featured on PBS

March 8, 2016

March 2016 鈥 MFA graduate, Vanessa Angelica Villarreal (鈥14), was recently featured on PBS Newshour in their poetry section 鈥 鈥淧oet鈥檚 haunting work recalls the 鈥榯rauma鈥 of assimilation.鈥

June Gruber

CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 Gruber explores dark side of happiness

Feb. 17, 2016

At some point in your life you鈥檝e likely heard that 鈥渢oo much of a good thing鈥 can be bad for you. June Gruber has used science to prove this old adage true.

Although enrollment in the humanities at universities nationwide has fallen in recent years, the same is not true of classics, or 鈥渃lassical studies,鈥 as it is sometimes called. Photo of Rome under stormy skies by Tyler Lansford.

Classics unfazed by the 鈥榗risis in humanities鈥

Feb. 17, 2016

In the headlines, the words 鈥渉umanities鈥 and 鈥渃risis鈥 are so commonly conjoined that you鈥檇 think that college courses on human thought, experience and creativity are collapsing like the Roman Empire. The story has more nuance than the headline, as the Classics Department illustrates.

16mm frame still, scanned at 2K from By Pain and Rhyme and Arabesques of Foraging (2012) a David Gatten film. Image courtesy of David Gatten.

Noted filmmaker joins CU film studies faculty

Feb. 17, 2016

David Gatten became fascinated with cinematography after watching Star Wars at age 7, so it鈥檚 no surprise he became a filmmaker.

June Gruber, at left, is leading an interdisciplinary effort to improve human understanding of people鈥檚 emotions. Photo by Glenn Asakawa.

Group taps broad expertise to understand emotion

Feb. 17, 2016

Human emotions are universally experienced but not fully understood. A new initiative at the 麻豆影院 aims to tap a wide range of expertise to shed light on 鈥渢he mysteries of human nature.鈥

Jackie Elliot

Classicist wins top honor for 鈥榙aring, meticulous鈥 book

Feb. 17, 2016

Jackie Elliott, associate professor of classics at the 麻豆影院, has won a 2016 Goodwin Award of Merit from the Society for Classical Studies, the nation鈥檚 top research recognition in classical languages & literature. Elliott was recognized for her book, Ennius and the Architecture of the Annales.

The cover image of the course 鈥淐hemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything.鈥

Lower textbook costs and better learning

Dec. 5, 2015

Students who take an introductory chemistry courses at Michigan State University not only get the benefit of a curriculum proven to help them better understand many important chemistry concepts, but they also save money by not having to pay for items such as textbooks and study guides.

Mark Leiderman, professor and chair of the CU-麻豆影院 Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages & Literatures, calls on a student during class. Born and educated in Russia, Leiderman contends that the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded to Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich, underscores the importance of Russian Studies. He notes that Russian studies are expanding at CU.

Nobel Prize highlights importance of Russian studies

Dec. 3, 2015

For Svetlana Alexievich, this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Soviet Union is a kind of 鈥榟istorical Chernobyl that still produces contamination and radiation鈥攑sychological, historical, political and cultural,鈥 CU-麻豆影院 expert Mark Leiderman observes. He says now is a good time for students and the world to learn more about Russia, and the university has already moved to meet that need.

Like many academic scholars, sociologist David Pyrooz studies criminal gangs. He has also studied how gang-related research could help inform research on terrorism and extremist groups. Photo: iStockphoto.

Sociologist applies lessons of gangs to terrorism

Dec. 3, 2015

David Pyrooz, a 麻豆影院 sociologist who is advancing the study of terrorism by applying research on criminal gangs, has won an Early Career Award from the American Society of Criminology.

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